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"From Dark to Light"
An Original Poem by Owen F. Devlin Dedicated to all who still wait to come home. On the
30th anniversary of my return from Vietnam
I faced death and don't know why, I'm the one who did not die.
Many are gone some whom I knew, Why am I one of the chosen few.
I sought the answer everywhere: the land, the sea, the sky, And still no answer anywhere, why I did not die.
My friends, my family, all who care are surely there for me, Why is it they can't understand this haunting mystery. |
Only those who've made the trek Who've faced it day by day, Can really know the random game That gruesome death will play.
The answer has to lie beyond the realm of humankind, We have to look beyond ourselves the answer there to find.
Somewhere, someone sees the path where all who've gone have trod, For me I found the answer when I gave it up to God.
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© 1997-2002, Owen F. Devlin, All Rights Reserved (Veterans and friends: just ask and I will grant permission to copy this poem.)
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